Chapter 149 Chen Shanhe Is My Disciple

Top-grade medicinal pills?

Qin Huishi extended her slender, scalloped fingers and picked one up. The moment she brought it close to her nose, she sensed a wisp of vibrant energy drifting into her nostrils. The aura of life—she was far too familiar with this scent.

In the modern era, novel diseases emerged across the world every day, with incurable afflictions alone numbering in the hundreds. While the effect of medicinal pills could not instantly cure every single ailment at the snap of a finger, any ordinary person who ingested one would effectively gain an immunity to all diseases, equivalent to possessing a royal decree of immunity from death.

Not even the most advanced nations in the world could ensure that ordinary people never fell ill, but medicinal pills could.

To say nothing of how a top-grade pill could cause a martial artist's cultivation to surge dramatically, shortening years or even decades of training time. Generally speaking, the beneficiaries of medicinal pills were extraordinarily vast.

Even Qin Huishi could not suppress a trace of greed welling up in her heart as she held that pill.

"Jiang Yu, where did you get these?" Qin Huishi asked in startled shock.

In the secular world, medicinal pills belonged to non-renewable resources; every single one consumed meant one less in existence. This year's statistical total of all types of medicinal pills at the Hidden Gate headquarters amounted to merely six hundred-plus remaining pieces.

The majority of these reserves were prepared for Gu Changsheng, to aid him in breaking through beyond the Earth Immortal realm into an even more ethereal legendary state. It had taken the concentrated efforts of the entire nation of China, an investment of billions, and countless promises made before they could squeeze a sufficient amount out of those various sects and schools.

Medicinal pills were a martial artist's very lifeline.

Yet Jiang Yu had casually tossed six or seven pills onto the table like trash, leaving them for anyone to inspect without any fear that they might yield to temptation and swallow one whole.

After the fact, it was not as though he could slice open everyone's stomachs to retrieve the pills, was he?

Jiang Yu spoke nonchalantly, "Never mind where I got them. These are called Spirit-Returning Pills. Taken by ordinary people, they prolong life and strengthen the body. Taken by martial artists, each pill can shorten a year of cultivation time.

"I have plenty of these pills on hand—far more in quantity than you can possibly imagine."

Qin Huishi's heart leaped in her chest. Her slender fingers gripped the pill tightly, harboring an intense impulse to refuse to return it, especially since he had already said he had plenty of them.

She also entertained another thought: to represent the Hidden Gate in negotiations with him to see if they could purchase a portion of the pills to replenish their dwindling reserves. As the inventory slowly depleted and the number of pills diminished day by day, it had been nearly two years since she had tasted the novelty of a medicinal pill.

It was much like placing a feast of rare delicacies before someone who had been starving for days; driven by that mouth-watering impulse, how many could remain unmoved?

Jiang Yu naturally perceived Qin Huishi's thoughts. "That night, the Hidden Gate failed to distinguish right from wrong and dispatched five grandmasters to jointly besiege me. The fact that I did not pursue the matter afterward does not mean I have let it go. Had this been before, I might have sold you some—a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand would merely have been a matter of a casual wave of my hand."

The subtext of his words was: I have them, but I simply refuse to sell them to you. Aren't you anxious?

Suppressing her impulse, Qin Huishi exercised the negotiation expertise of a capable woman. She set the pill down and gently tapped her slender fingers against the desk. "Since Grandmaster Jiang has no such intention, why bring out the medicinal pills in the first place? Could it be simply to flaunt them in front of us?"

She knew Jiang Yu would not visit the Hidden Gate without reason and produce these pills for no purpose.

Sure enough, Jiang Yu said indifferently, "I am about to leave Yuzhou. Before I depart, I want the Hidden Gate to dispatch people to protect all my family and friends thoroughly. It would be best to send the Four Martial Gods, and you—"

Before Jiang Yu could finish, Qin Huishi interrupted him, nearly leaping to her feet.

"Jiang Yu, do you think the Four Martial Gods are bodyguards? Even the most high-ranking figures in this world lack the ability to command the Four Martial Gods to provide protection simultaneously."

Qin Huishi was so infuriated that her chest heaved. Why didn't he ask Gu Changsheng to provide protection instead?

Jiang Yu said coldly, "I haven't finished speaking yet. Take a look at these."

As he spoke, he produced a few more amber-like, pale yellow pills and said, "These are Foundation-Stabilizing Pills. Swallowing just one can shorten a Transformation-realm grandmaster's cultivation time by ten years. Even Integration-realm grandmasters will benefit from them."

"I will not have the Hidden Gate labor in vain. When I return in the future and confirm that my people are safe, I will grant you a batch of medicinal pills. As for the Four Martial Gods, provided they are willing, I naturally have items that will sway them."

Jiang Yu stood up, dropping a final remark before leaving:

"Consider these few pills as a gift to you. Once you have thought it through, contact Xia Ning. She will provide you with two hundred Spirit-Returning Pills and thirty Foundation-Stabilizing Pills."

Inside the room, Qin Huishi gazed at the pills on the table, hesitating and torn in her heart.

***

Five days later, the mountainside villa in Yuncheng.

Upon rushing back to Yuncheng, Jiang Yu immediately refined over a thousand Spirit-Returning Pills. During this period, numerous tycoons from the two provinces of Jiangbei and Mounan had scoured the globe for countless medicinal herbs, jades, rare fruits, and even quite a few antiques of all kinds.

As compensation, a few pills here and a few pills there meant that the Spirit-Returning Pills and Dharma artifacts he had previously left behind had long since bottomed out. Furthermore, that girl Xia Ning frequently sneaked into the secret chamber to steal them, with the majority of the pills ending up in her stomach.

Jiang Yu constantly had the feeling of a cat guarding fish.

That sharp-eyed girl deliberately picked the Foundation-Stabilizing Pills to eat. Whenever Xia Housheng discovered her, she would blink her large, pitiful, watery eyes and act coquettishly, leaving everyone utterly helpless against her.

After all, since Jiang Yu had previously instructed that Xia Ning should be in charge, Xia Housheng did not dare strip her of this authority.

Inside the secret chamber, the ceramic tiles had been completely replaced, inlaid with top-grade jade, and air conditioning had even been installed to preserve the freshness of these medicinal herbs to a large extent.

Naturally, a large portion of the materials brought were useless items. After Jiang Yu filtered through them, very few were actually usable.

Over five consecutive days, Jiang Yu refined several thousand medicinal pills and hundreds of defensive Dharma artifacts. These were merely trinkets; having advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, Jiang Yu could mass-produce them.

Following the incident in Yuzhou, Jiang Yu had specially crafted several Dharma artifacts capable of withstanding the full-force strike of a grandmaster. Even if sniper rifles were brought into play, they might not necessarily pierce the defense of these Dharma artifacts.

Jiang Yu bestowed all these Dharma artifacts upon those closest to him.

Late at night, in the villa's spacious living room, Li Hao, Chief Wolf, Elder Shen, Xia Housheng, and Xia Ning were all present. To Jiang Yu's surprise, Xia Qinghan had also hurried over upon hearing the news.

"Over the past five days, the medicinal pills and Dharma artifacts I've refined are enough to sustain us for a while. The old rules apply: equivalent exchange based on the rarity and value of the items.

"Also, keep a close eye on this girl Xia Ning. Consuming too many medicinal pills is ultimately detrimental to an ordinary person. Even regular rice can overeat and kill someone, let alone medicinal pills."

Jiang Yu glared fiercely at Xia Ning.

Xia Ning stuck out her tongue and did not dare to speak.

This caused Xia Qinghan to be consumed by burning envy. Treating medicinal pills like meals—across the entire world, only Xia Ning, this major hoarder of pills, dared to play so recklessly.

After issuing these trivial instructions, Jiang Yu solemnly produced two pale-green medicinal pills the size of quail eggs. Through the translucent pill surface, clouds and mist seemed to swirl within. The moment they were pulled out, an intense aura of life flooded and overwhelmed the entire living room.

Everyone's minds shook violently, filled with extreme disbelief.

These two pills were refined by Jiang Yu using Golden Flame Coral Fruit. They could regenerate flesh and bones from bare skeletons and cure any incurable disease in the world. Afflictions such as cancer, AIDS, rabies, and numerous other terminal illnesses could all be healed.

"Xiao Hao, deliver these two pills respectively to Chen Shanhe of the Chen family and Gu Feifei. Tell Feifei that this pill will allow her severed arm to regenerate completely, taking at most a year to heal entirely."

Severed arm regeneration?

Xia Housheng and the others all dropped their jaws, their heartbeats abruptly accelerating at that moment.

The medicinal pills Jiang Yu had produced earlier already seemed earth-shattering in their eyes, but did such immortal divine medicine truly exist in this world?

Everyone was pondering this very question.

They could accept the existence of pills like the Spirit-Returning Pills and Foundation-Stabilizing Pills, as the effects of those pills still fell within the realm of comprehension. However, the efficacy of the two pills Jiang Yu had just brought out had long since transcended their imaginations.

With a solemn expression, Li Hao said, "While the pills endure, I endure."

The two pills were far too precious. If word leaked out, no one could guarantee what kind of consequences might be triggered.

Everything in readiness, Jiang Yu stood with his back to the crowd and stated indifferently, "If anything happens and you cannot reach me, you can go to the Chen family and look for Chen Shanhe."

The Chen family possesses Shanhe; who in the world does not recognize me?

The Earth Immortal of China, the living myth of the current era.

Everyone looked at Jiang Yu with curiosity. Despite his immense strength and his possession of various martial arts techniques that could be considered immortal, there was still a considerable gap between him and the Earth Immortal level.

How did he know Chen Shanhe?

Li Hao, Lin Wangtian, Gu Feifei, and Liu Banan were all unaware of Chen Shanhe's existence. Speaking of age, when Chen Shanhe dominated across China, none of them had even been born yet.

Li Hao asked in a low voice, "Master, you actually know Chen Shanhe?"

He felt immensely thrilled inside; being able to forge even the slightest connection with a living myth of the era was an immense stroke of fortune.

To his utter astonishment, Jiang Yu replied calmly, "Naturally I know him, because Chen Shanhe is also my disciple."